How To Install Secure Boot 3.1.99 On Ubuntu, Linux Mint And Elementary OS, In Order To Bypass The UEFI Issue

Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, the Windows 8 computers come with UEFI Secure Boot. Via UEFI, Microsoft allows the users to boot only an operating system. The latest Linux systems already come with UEFI support, in order to bypass Microsoft’s trickery.

If you have installed an Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS or other Ubuntu derivates on a UEFI computer and now, it boots only under Linux because the Grub does not recognize the Windows partition, you have to install the Boot-Repair app, in order to recover the other OS.

Because it is availabie via PPA, installing Boot Repair 3.1.99 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Elementary OS is easy. All you have to do is add the repository to the system, update the local repository index and install the boot-repair package: